August 24, (THEWILL) – Nollywood actor, Keppy Ekpenyong, has revealed that his mother was a rascal with the way she acts anytime she visits him in school.
The veteran actor made this known in an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, while reflecting on his childhood experiences.
He revealed that his father was a disciplinarian, who would cry when scolding and spanking his children, while his mother was a rascal as she would visit him when he was in the tertiary institution with bottles of brandy and rolls of cigarettes.
According to the thespian, his childhood experience was fun because his family allowed open communication, which he has inculcated in his children.
“My father was a military officer, we had guards at the gate and were comfortable. He was someone who would scold you and cry as he was spanking you, ‘Why did you do that, you shouldn’t do this’.
“My mother? Rascal. Oh! My mother was a rascal, everybody knew, even my friends know till tomorrow. When I was in the university, she would come to visit, she would come with bottles of brandy and rolls of cigarettes.
“She would sit down with us. Because I lived off campus, she would light a stick of cigarette and call everybody, ‘Come let’s drink’. So, it was easy to speak with my parents; it was fun. Now I’m grown, I have children of my own and then we have some of their friends, who stay over and they think it’s easier to speak with us than with their parents.
“I don’t understand how it works in other homes. Because my son can walk up to me and pull my ears and say, ‘Old man with your big ears’ and I wouldn’t think anything about it, you know. But there are some people who see it and they will cringe and they are afraid because they can’t and wouldn’t dare relate with their parents that way.
“We also have come to find out that if you close a particular door of communication between you and your children, you’ll be really shocked at who you think your children are because they would hide behind those closed doors and you don’t want to know when you get in,” he stated
